Essentials for a Healthier Life

Over 30 different perennials to plant in your garden.

30+ Perennial Fruits & Veggies You Can Plant Once and Harvest For Years Plant these perennial vegetables (and fruits and herbs) just once and you can enjoy their bounty year after year - sometimes for decades!

Plantain Leaf Benefits and Recipes Learn the many benefits of plantain leaf (Plantago spp.) and how to use it in two simple recipes, a juice and a face mask.

Grow an Endless Supply of Herbs from Cuttings Save money and time by growing herbs from cuttings and turn one plant into an endless supply of new ones.

🌿🌿🌿Cottonwood is our Herb of the Week! 🌿🌿🌿

Besides modulating inflammation, decreasing pain, and having preservative qualities, cottonwood is also known for being strongly antimicrobial.

It’s unlikely that humans were the first to discover this property of cottonwood. Indeed, bees have been capitalizing on cottonwood’s gifts for time immemorial.

In my northern latitude, honey bees hunker down for the winter, finally emerging with the first warm days of spring. Their first trips out of the hive are to the riverside to gather resins from the cottonwoods. They mix these resins with their own enzymes and then use this highly antimicrobial glue to line their hive. We call this thick sticky glue propolis.

Scientists in Turkey did an interesting study comparing propolis from 6 different locations. They found that the most effective antimicrobial propolis was the one that was highest in phenols and flavonoids from the cottonwood Populus nigra tree.

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Sorghum is an ancient super grain that’s gaining popularity because it’s . But few people appreciate its sky-high content of : the red variety has triple that of blueberries while the black variety has 4.7-fold more. Sorghum’s true power, however, may be its unique proteins which researchers have discovered are highly toxic to cancer cells. In one recent study, sorghum proteins inhibited the growth of human breast cells by 90% and liver cancer cells by 78% in a test tube. Best of all, this ancient grain has indeed been linked to lower risk in people. An older study from China found that villages where sorghum / millet intake was higher had about 65% less throat cancer death.
Sources: Pubmed ID 23871041, 8473048 + see comments

Yellow Dock: A pesky w**d as food, medicine and fairy furniture Scientific Name: Rumex spp. Family : Polygonacea or buckwheat family Parts used: young leaves, seeds, roots Plant Properties: co...

So, how well do you know hyssop?🤔

"Like many mint family plants, hyssop can be used to promote digestion, especially stagnant digestion in which food feels stuck and heavy. It can be taken as a tea to promote digestion, as part of a bitters blend or even used as a food spice.

Hyssop has a strong pungent taste with hints of camphor. It will give a distinctive taste to your culinary dishes. Start with very small amounts to avoid transforming a delicious dish into a 'medicinal' dish." -Rosalee of Herbs with Rosalee

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[Image description: a closeup photograph of one inflorescence of hyssop in a patch of hyssop. The flowers are small, purple, and abundant.]

20 Natural Chapped Lip Remedies

Botanical Beauty: DIY Sheet Mask Facial Making your own DIY sheet mask allows you to customize ingredients at a much lower cost. This soothing botanical mask will refresh and hydrate thirsty skin.

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Lambsquarter aka white goosefoot, is an edible and very handy w**d to have around.

Lamb's Quarters | Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine Lamb’s quarters is one of the most common w**ds in gardens, backyards, and fallow fields, following human habitation closely.